In this exquisite collection of essays and photographs, women writers pay tribute to some of the most influential women of our time. Spanning our century and culture, these intimate portraits reveal both writer and subject in fifty inspired pairings: Alice Walker celebrates the outrageous flair of novelist Zora Neale Hurston; actress Liv Ullman marvels at Anne Frank's tenacious faith in the face of atrocity; Jessye Norman recalls the wondrous voice and pioneering presence of opera singer Marian Anderson; Joan Didion on Georgia O'Keeffe; Terry Tempest Williams on Rachel Carson; Cloria Steinem on Marilyn Monroe.
'Legends' is a provocative celebration of both the strengths and imperfections of fifty courageous women who have changed the world. Each inspiring piece is accompanied by a gorgeous duotone photograph by such eminent photographers as Annie Leibovitz, Man Ray, Alfred Stieglitz, Cecil Beaton, Yousuf Karsh, and Michael Collopy. Spanning the arts, politics, Literature, science, and sports, these essays and photographs capture the rich texture of fifty extraordinary women's lives - what has made their contributions legendary and their legacies timeless.
